A Host of Devils: The History and Context of the Making of Makonde Spirit Sculpture (Studies in Visual Culture)

Kingdon, Zachary

ISBN 10: 0415277272 / ISBN 13: 9780415277273

Published by Routledge, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Host of Devils: The History and Context of the Making of Makonde Spirit Sculpture (Studies in Visual Culture)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415277272
• ISBN 13: 9780415277273
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

A Host of Devils provides an in-depth account of the background, origin and development of the spirit figure sculptures which emerged during colonial times among the Makonde people of Mozambique.
The creation of such works is shown to connect with a regional system of knowledge and practice, within which spirits function as a format for expression. The book describes the ways in which the sculpture emerged, as well as the author's experience of learning how to carve.

About the Author

Zachary Kingdon is the Curator of African Collections at the Liverpool Museum and conducted research among Makonde sculptors in Tanzania between 1990 and 1992.